Subspecies in India
(1) Arhopala bazaloides bazaloides (Hewitson, 1878) – Broad-bordered Dusted Oakblue. This is also known as the Tamil Oakblue.
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
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This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
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| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
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| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
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| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
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| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
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| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Hopea ponga (Bhat & Prashanth 2018) (Dipterocarpaceae).
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Page citation
Anonymous 2022. Arhopala bazaloides (Hewitson, 1878) – Dusted Oakblue. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.06. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/arhopala-bazaloides, accessed 2022/08/20.